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 |
|---|---|
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |