GRE Word List

SINISTER

singularly evil or productive of evil

The meaning of the word sinister is singularly evil or productive of evil.

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WordMeaning
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
allayto subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
impetusa driving force : impulse
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
rueto feel penitence, remorse, or regret for