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 |
|---|---|
| slew | a large number |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| avid | characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| render | to melt down |
| boor | peasant |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |