GRE Word List
HOSTILITY
deep-seated usually mutual ill will
The meaning of the word hostility is deep-seated usually mutual ill will.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| writ | something written : writing |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| trample | tramp |