GRE Word List

PREPOSSESSING

creating prejudice

The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.

Random words

WordMeaning
aplombcomplete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise
frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
arbitrateto act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
garnerto gather into storage
decreean order usually having the force of law
unrulynot readily ruled, disciplined, or managed
queuea braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head