GRE Word List
PRIZE
something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance
The meaning of the word prize is something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| mogul | an Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |