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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hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
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predisposeto dispose in advance
reprisea musical repetition:
cuethe letter q
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crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
stenchstink