GRE Word List
CONTRAVENE
to go or act contrary to : violate
The meaning of the word contravene is to go or act contrary to : violate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |