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 |
|---|---|
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| trance | stupor |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |