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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |