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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |