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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| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| predilection | an established preference for something |