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 |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |