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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slewa large number
bartererto trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services
avidcharacterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic
glamoran exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness
gyroscopea 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
precariousdependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
renderto melt down
boorpeasant
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
rouea man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake