GRE Word List

WRONGHEADED

stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles

The meaning of the word wrongheaded is stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles.

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WordMeaning
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
indicessigns; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
reinstateto place again (as in possession or in a former position)
extroverta person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction
determinatehaving defined limits
skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism