GRE Word List

VIE

to strive for superiority : contend

The meaning of the word vie is to strive for superiority : contend.

Random words

WordMeaning
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
ingenuea naive girl or young woman
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding
paradoxone (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
fetidhaving a heavy offensive smell
finishedentirely done