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 |
|---|---|
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| dire | exciting horror |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |