GRE Word List
ESCAPADE
a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct
The meaning of the word escapade is a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |