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 |
|---|---|
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| drivel | nonsense |
| scotch | scottish |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |