GRE Word List
MISOGAMY
a hatred of marriage
The meaning of the word misogamy is a hatred of marriage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |