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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| disport | sport |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |