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 |
|---|---|
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
