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 |
|---|---|
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| overweening | arrogant |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |