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
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| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |