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 |
|---|---|
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |