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 |
|---|---|
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |