GRE Word List
CONTEND
to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle
The meaning of the word contend is to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| warranted | sanction |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |