GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |