GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| dour | stern |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| fell | skin |
