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 |
|---|---|
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| ogle | to glance with amorous invitation or challenge |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |