GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| hurl | rush |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |