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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |