GRE Word List

CONTEST

strive

The meaning of the word contest is strive.

Random words

WordMeaning
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition
cantankerousdifficult or irritating to deal with
ravinea small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
buffooneryfoolish or playful behavior or practice
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
bevya large group or collection