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
tacta keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense
transcribeto make a written copy of
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
impersonalhaving no personal reference or connection
redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable
corpulenthaving a large bulky body : obese
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
curban edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
aphorisma concise statement of a principle