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 |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| finished | entirely done |