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 |
|---|---|
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |