GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| wry | twist |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |