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 |
|---|---|
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |