GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |