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 |
|---|---|
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |