GRE Word List
PRIZE
pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)
The meaning of the word prize is pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; Ex. his most prized possession; N: something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kinetic | producing motion; of motion |
| mischief | behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; Ex. mischief to the crops; ADJ. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome |
| fiasco | total failure; CF. bottle |
| carrion | rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture |
| advent | arrival |
| thrall | slave; bondage; slavery; Ex. Her beauty held him in thrall; CF. enthrall |
| peerless | having no equal; incomparable |
| repudiate | disown; disavow; deny |
| discomfit | frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb |
| apprehend | arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive; N. apprehension |
