GRE Word List
CONVENTION
agreement
The meaning of the word convention is agreement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| forebears | ancestor |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |