GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| predilection | an established preference for something |