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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WordMeaning
bidto offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
amalgamateto unite in or as if in an amalgam
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
spatialrelating to, occupying, or having the character of space
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
colossusa statue of gigantic size and proportions
facsimilean exact copy
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
expurgateto cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous