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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| Word | Meaning |
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| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |