GRE Word List
ASININE
extremely or utterly foolish or silly
The meaning of the word asinine is extremely or utterly foolish or silly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |