GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |