GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| overweening | arrogant |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |