GRE Word List

CONTEST

strive

The meaning of the word contest is strive.

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criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
impoliticnot politic : unwise
artifactsa usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
regimena systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient
paramountsuperior to all others : supreme
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
purportedreputed
somaticof, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm
feasiblecapable of being done or carried out