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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| farce | stuff |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
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| foppish | foolish |