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 |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| eventual | contingent |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |