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.
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| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |