GRE Word List
PREPOSSESSING
creating prejudice
The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |