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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |