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 |
|---|---|
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |