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 |
|---|---|
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| freebooter | pirate |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |