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 |
|---|---|
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| raiment | clothing |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |