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 |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |