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 |
|---|---|
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| encompass | include |