GRE Word List
PREPOSSESSING
creating prejudice
The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |