GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| viable | capable of living |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |