GRE Word List
PREPOSSESSING
creating prejudice
The meaning of the word prepossessing is creating prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| sybarite | voluptuary |