GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |