GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
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career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |