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 |
|---|---|
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| crass | gross |
| quench | put out |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |