GRE Word List
ANIMUS
a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will
The meaning of the word animus is a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will.
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|---|---|
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
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| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
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| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |