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 |
|---|---|
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| calorific | caloric |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |