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 |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |