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

WordMeaning
rabblea disorganized or confused collection of things
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
appellationan identifying name or title : designation
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
deterrentserving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter
nirvanathe final beatitude (see beatitude
reciprocateto give and take mutually
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
rotethe use of memory usually with little intelligence