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 |
|---|---|
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| stringent | tight |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |