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 |
|---|---|
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
