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 |
|---|---|
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| verge | brink |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |