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 |
|---|---|
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| passe | past one's prime |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |