GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |