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 |
|---|---|
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| dilute | attenuate |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| fuddle | booze |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |