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 |
|---|---|
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| charlatan | quack |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |