GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |