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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |