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
impeachto charge with a crime or misdemeanor
accessiblecapable of being reached
machinationsan act of machinating
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
sultryvery hot and humid : sweltering
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead
talonthe claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
nullifyto make null (see null