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 |
|---|---|
| meander | a winding path or course |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |