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

WordMeaning
pandemoniuma wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people)
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
adjacentnot distant : nearby
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant
quivera case for carrying or holding arrows
eroticof, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire
overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building