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 |
|---|---|
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| provenance | origin |