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 |
|---|---|
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |