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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knotty | marked by or full of knots |
obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
esteem | the regard in which one is held |
diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
cerebration | to use the mind : think |
juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |