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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| flighty | swift |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |