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 |
|---|---|
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| antecede | precede |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |