GRE Word List
INVIDIOUS
designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison
The meaning of the word invidious is designed to create ill will or envy; tending to rouse ill will or envy; Ex. invidious comparison.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blowhard | talkative boaster; braggart |
| veer | change in direction; swerve |
| noose | loop formed in a rope |
| curfew | regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew |
| valediction | saying farewell; expression of leave-taking |
| delusion | false belief; hallucination; deluding; Ex. delusions of grandeur; Ex. under the delusion that |
| incinerate | burn to ashes |
| tactful | careful no to cause offence; OP. tactless |
| illusive | deceiving; based on illusion; causing illusion; deceptive |
| injurious | harmful; causing injury |