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 |
|---|---|
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| errant | behaving wrongly |