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 |
|---|---|
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |