GRE Word List
CHAMPIONSHIP
position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion
The meaning of the word championship is position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion.
Random words
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barrister | counselor-at-law or lawyer in the higher court of law; CF. bar |
swathe | swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one's head swathed in bandages |
draught | current of air (through a room or to a fire); act of pulling roads; act of swallowing liquid or amount of liquid swallowed at a time |
extrude | force or push out; thrust out; shape (plastic or metal) by forcing through a die |
swipe | hit with a sweeping motion; N. |
botch | mismanage; blow |
rectitude | moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
burnish | make shiny by rubbing; polish |
posthumous | after death (as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death); coming or occurring after one's death; Ex. posthumous fame/novel |
sentimental | swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments |