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 |
|---|---|
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| application | an act of applying: |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| impuissance | weakness |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |