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

WordMeaning
legerdemainsleight of hand
compulsorymandatory
studiedcarefully considered or prepared : thoughtful
adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
animositya strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
passiveacted upon by an external agency
contrivancea thing contrived
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish