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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| nexus | connection |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |