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 |
|---|---|
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| dire | exciting horror |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |