GRE Word List
CONVENTIONAL
formed by agreement or compact
The meaning of the word conventional is formed by agreement or compact.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| motley | variegated in color |