GRE Word List
CONTRAVENE
contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention
The meaning of the word contravene is contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paradox | something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| peripatetic | walking about from place to place (to work); moving; Ex. peripatetic school of philosophy |
| amok | in a state of rage; Ex. run amok |
| extrinsic | external; not essential or inherent; extraneous; OP. intrinsic |
| mordant | biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit |
| immolate | offer or kill as a sacrifice (by fire) |
| embed | enclose; place in something; fix firmly in a surrounding mass |
| founder | person who establishes (an organization or business) |
| impetus | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse |
| pertinacious | holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent |
