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

WordMeaning
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
minusculevery small
terminologythe technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
primatea bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation
affablebeing pleasant and at ease in talking to others
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
lanknot well filled out : slender
confluencea coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted