averse
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You can think of the road show as Mellencamp’s response to the success of Madonna’s recent Celebration tour, which offered a similar look back by a pop icon long averse to nostalgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Chaplin is a master sentimentalist, but not averse to occasional sharpness: The moment the film’s boatload of immigrants sees the Statue of Liberty is followed by an official roping them off like cattle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
I’ve long been averse to the world of parenting advice.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
As experienced surgeons leave, he says, the more junior ones lose their mentors and become increasingly "risk averse", only choosing to use the healthiest donated organs offered to them.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
“No; there are only two; mother and daughter. The mother is a lady of some station, though not averse to increasing her income.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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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