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 |
|---|---|
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| occident | west |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |