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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WordMeaning
niggletrifle
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
legerdemainsleight of hand
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
protagonistthe principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story)
strewto spread by scattering
tensioninner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist