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 |
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| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| modish | fashionable |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
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| precipitous | precipitate |