GRE Word List

CONVENTION

agreement

The meaning of the word convention is agreement.

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juntaa council or committee for political or governmental purposes
stultifyto have a dulling or inhibiting effect on
impaleto pierce with or as if with something pointed
forestallto exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures
tenacitythe quality or state of being tenacious
encircleto form a circle around : surround
leonineof, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion
upbraidto criticize severely : find fault with
seedycontaining or full of seeds
coniferany 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