GRE Word List
CONTEST
strive
The meaning of the word contest is strive.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 |