GRE Word List
REACTIONARY
relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction
The meaning of the word reactionary is relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coin | corner |
| 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 |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| decipher | decode |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| inequity | injustice |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |