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.

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mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
lugubriousmournful
concentrichaving a common center
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
far-fetchedbrought from a remote time or place
incendiaryigniting combustible materials spontaneously
indubitabletoo evident to be doubted : unquestionable
absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle