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 |
|---|---|
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |