GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
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| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
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| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |