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 |
|---|---|
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| collected | gathered together |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
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