GRE Word List
PREPOSSESSING
creating prejudice
The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| schism | division |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |