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 |
|---|---|
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| brawny | muscular |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| passe | past one's prime |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |