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 |
|---|---|
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |