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.

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WordMeaning
profligatewildly extravagant
solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
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vagaryan erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
antecedentsa 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")
nethersituated down or below : lower
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repudiateto refuse to accept
abutto border on : to touch along an edge
overbearingtending to overwhelm : overpowering