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 |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| passe | past one's prime |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |