GRE Word List

GAMELY

a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other

The meaning of the word gamely is a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other.

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multiformhaving many forms or appearances
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish
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fettera chain or shackle for the feet
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
shadecomparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state