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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| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| homily | a usually short sermon |