GRE Word List
ASPIRE
to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal
The meaning of the word aspire is to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| actuary | clerk |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |