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 |
|---|---|
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |