GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
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|---|---|
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |