GRE Word List
MISANTHROPE
a person who hates or distrusts humankind
The meaning of the word misanthrope is a person who hates or distrusts humankind.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| broach | brooch |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| fester | to generate pus |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |