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 |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| spate | freshet |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |