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 |
|---|---|
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| edifice | building |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |