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 |
|---|---|
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| fulcrum | prop |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |