GRE Word List
PREPOSSESSING
creating prejudice
The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fauna | animal life |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| refrain | curb |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| groom | bridegroom |