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 |
|---|---|
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| nurture | training |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |