GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| warranted | sanction |
| score | twenty |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |