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 |
|---|---|
| opulence | wealth |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| trappings | outward signs |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| lampoon | satire |
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |