GRE Word List
ANTAGONISM
opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
The meaning of the word antagonism is opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle.
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|---|---|
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| stilted | pompous |
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| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |