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 |
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mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
ponderous | of very great weight |
denomination | an act of denominating |
lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |