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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| leery | suspicious |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| abnegation | denial |