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 |
|---|---|
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |