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 |
|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |