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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |