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 |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| gnarl | snarl |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| mendicant | beggar |