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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annex | to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition |
gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |