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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| encompass | include |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| colloquy | conversation |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| reckon | count |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |