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 |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |