GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |