GRE Word List

CONTEST

strive

The meaning of the word contest is strive.

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laggardlagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
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substantialconsisting of or relating to substance
waftto move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium