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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |