GRE Word List
PREPOSSESSING
creating prejudice
The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |