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 |
|---|---|
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |