GRE Word List
VYING
contending; to strive for superiority
The meaning of the word vying is contending; to strive for superiority.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |