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 |
|---|---|
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| demeanor | behavior toward others : outward manner |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |