GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
Random words
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vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |