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 |
|---|---|
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |