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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| connoisseur | expert |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |