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

WordMeaning
beleaguerbesiege
profligatewildly extravagant
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
agitateto excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
dossiera file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject
inalienableincapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind
fatuouscomplacently or inanely foolish : silly