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 |
|---|---|
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |