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 |
|---|---|
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |