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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| scion | descendant |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |