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 |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| cue | the letter q |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| stench | stink |