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 |
|---|---|
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |