GRE Word List
ENSUE
to strive to attain : pursue
The meaning of the word ensue is to strive to attain : pursue.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
peerless | matchless |