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 |
|---|---|
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |