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 |
|---|---|
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| plait | pleat |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |