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
commiserateto feel or express sympathy : condole
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
clamornoisy shouting
implicationsomething implied: such as
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
rallyto muster for a common purpose
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
satellitea celestial body orbiting another of larger size
fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real