GRE Word List
HOSTILITY
deep-seated usually mutual ill will
The meaning of the word hostility is deep-seated usually mutual ill will.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |