GRE Word List

ENMITY

positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will

The meaning of the word enmity is positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
pliantpliable
epochan event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development
scintillateto emit sparks : spark
sartorialof or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes
agrarianof or relating to fields or lands or their tenure
encompassinclude
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
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