GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| 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 |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |