GRE Word List
CONVENE
to come together in a body
The meaning of the word convene is to come together in a body.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| quorum | a select group |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| actuary | clerk |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |