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 |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |