GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |