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 |
|---|---|
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |