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 |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| throes | pang |