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 |
|---|---|
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| oversee | survey |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |