GRE Word List

CONVENTION

agreement

The meaning of the word convention is agreement.

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WordMeaning
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
inconsistencyan instance of being inconsistent
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colloquyconversation
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plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
baubletrinket
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fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
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