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 |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| entity | being |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| invalidate | to make invalid |