GRE Word List
EMULATE
to strive to equal or excel
The meaning of the word emulate is to strive to equal or excel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opulence | wealth |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |