GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |