GRE Word List
PREPOSSESSING
creating prejudice
The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |