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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| intermediary | mediator |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |