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 |
|---|---|
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |