GRE Word List

CONVENTION

agreement

The meaning of the word convention is agreement.

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WordMeaning
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
flagany of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
gleanto gather grain or other produce left by reapers
comportto be fitting : accord
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
primatea bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation
frugalitythe quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift