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 |
|---|---|
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| provenance | origin |