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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| flounder | flatfish |
| quisling | traitor |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |