GRE Word List
EMULATE
to strive to equal or excel
The meaning of the word emulate is to strive to equal or excel.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |