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 |
|---|---|
| ensconce | shelter |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| actuary | clerk |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |