GRE Word List
PREPOSSESSING
creating prejudice
The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |