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 |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |