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 |
|---|---|
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| pudding | blood sausage |