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 |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| bilious | of 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 |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| syllogism | a 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") |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| finished | entirely done |