GRE Word List
INIMICAL
being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
The meaning of the word inimical is being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |