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 |
|---|---|
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |