GRE Word List
VIE
to strive for superiority : contend
The meaning of the word vie is to strive for superiority : contend.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| quarry | game |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |