GRE Word List
AVERSE
having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste
The meaning of the word averse is having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste.
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| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| tome | book |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| chafe | irritate |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |