GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| pitfall | trap |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |