GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
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| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |