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 |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |
| flounder | flatfish |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |