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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| seasonal | of, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |