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 |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| rift | fissure |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |