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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |