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 |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| paramour | lover |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |