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 |
|---|---|
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |