GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |