GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| query | question |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| extrude | to force, press, or push out |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |