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 |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |