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 |
|---|---|
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| unsavory | insipid |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |