GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
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| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
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| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| pungent | sharply painful |