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 |
|---|---|
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |