GRE Word List
CONVENTIONAL
formed by agreement or compact
The meaning of the word conventional is formed by agreement or compact.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |