GRE Word List
INFRACTION
violation (of a rule or regulation); breach
The meaning of the word infraction is violation (of a rule or regulation); breach.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vendor | seller |
| garbled | mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible |
| pharisaical | pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical |
| criteria | standards used in judging; CF. criterion |
| incendiary | arsonist; ADJ: causing fire; of arson; Ex. incendiary bomb |
| disconcert | confuse; upset; embarrass; perturb |
| affront | insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally |
| tangential | only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent |
| forthright | straightforward; direct; frank |
| aberrant | abnormal or deviant |