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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disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |