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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |