GRE Word List
DECREE
an order usually having the force of law
The meaning of the word decree is an order usually having the force of law.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
disconcert | to throw into confusion |
dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |