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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|---|---|
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
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| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
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| conflagration | fire |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| dour | stern |
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