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 |
|---|---|
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |