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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| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
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| rasp | to rub with something rough |
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| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |