GRE Word List
HOSTAGE
a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement
The meaning of the word hostage is a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement.
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| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
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| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
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| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
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