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 |
|---|---|
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |