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 |
|---|---|
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| odorous | having an odor: such as |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| pilfer | steal |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |