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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WordMeaning
resortone that affords aid or refuge : resource
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
junkettrip
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
shangri-laa remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia
agrarianof or relating to fields or lands or their tenure
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
inuredto accustom to accept something undesirable