GRE Word List
AUTHORITATIVE
having, marked by, or proceeding from authority
The meaning of the word authoritative is having, marked by, or proceeding from authority.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| viand | an item of food |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |