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 |
|---|---|
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| distend | extend |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |