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 |
|---|---|
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| mischance | bad luck |