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 |
|---|---|
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |