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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |