GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |