GRE Word List
VYING
contending; to strive for superiority
The meaning of the word vying is contending; to strive for superiority.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |