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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |