GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
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| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
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| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
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