averse
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Averse to writing about herself, she famously completed Illness as Metaphor without a single mention of her own battle with cancer.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2019
Averse to punditry, he was not a marquee name on the Sunday talk-show circuit but commanded door-opening respect in political circles.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2019
Averse to conventional illustration, he favored cues that penetrate the mind almost unconsciously, through minimal means.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2015
Averse to retouching reality, Caravaggio "was the first to show dead flowers in his painting," she went on.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2012
Averse implies reluc- tance or unwillingness, and usually characterizes a per- son.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Vocabulary lists containing averse
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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