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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marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
engrossto copy or write in a large hand
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gratifyto be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
slitherto slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface
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denominationan act of denominating
lapa loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment