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

WordMeaning
panachean ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet
gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
suturea strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
encircleto form a circle around : surround
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
enthrallto hold spellbound : charm
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy