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
gratuitysomething given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
stampedea wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
gradationa series forming successive stages
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
anestheticof, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
edicta proclamation having the force of law