GRE Word List
INVERSE
opposite in order, nature, or effect
The meaning of the word inverse is opposite in order, nature, or effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |