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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
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| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |