GRE Word List
SINISTER
singularly evil or productive of evil
The meaning of the word sinister is singularly evil or productive of evil.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| vital | of the utmost importance |