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 |
|---|---|
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| concordat | compact |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |