GRE Word List
XENOPHOBIA
fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
The meaning of the word xenophobia is fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |