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 |
|---|---|
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| exegesis | exposition |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |