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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
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| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |