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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vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
luridcausing horror or revulsion : gruesome
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
anarchyabsence of government
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
threatan expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
piecemealone piece at a time : gradually