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 |
|---|---|
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |