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 |
|---|---|
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| demure | reserved |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |