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 |
|---|---|
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| fete | festival |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| superannuated | outmoded |