GRE Word List
INIMICAL
(of someone) unfriendly; hostile; (of something) harmful; detrimental; CF. enemy
The meaning of the word inimical is (of someone) unfriendly; hostile; (of something) harmful; detrimental; CF. enemy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invocation | prayer for help (used in invoking); calling upon as a reference or support; act of invoking |
| mass | Christian religious ceremony; CF. Mass: ceremony of the Eucharist |
| swear | vow; promise; use profane oaths; use offensive words |
| skinflint | miser; stingy person |
| ostracize | banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; Ex. His friends ostracized him. N. ostracism |
| sacrosanct | invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable |
| seine | seine net; net for catching fish |
| supplicate | petition humbly; pray to grant a favor |
| facile | easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superficial; not deep; Ex. facile solution to a complex problem; Ex. facile speaker; N. facility: ability to do something easily and well; ease in doing resulting from skill or aptitude; something that facilitates an action; amenity; Ex. with great facility |
| repulsion | distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse') |
