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 |
|---|---|
| omnipotent | almighty |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| enduring | lasting |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |