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 |
|---|---|
| steep | lofty |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| progeny | descendants |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |