GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |