GRE Word List
DECREE
authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree
The meaning of the word decree is authoritative order; edict; judgment of a court of law; V: order or judge by decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hermitage | home of a hermit |
| proverb | adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; ADJ. proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; ADV. proverbially |
| self-indulgence | excessive indulgence of one's own desire |
| demean | disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave |
| assent | agree; accept; N. assessment |
| connivance | pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend; V. connive: feign ignorance (of a wrong); cooperate secretly in an illegal action; conspire |
| gaffe | social blunder |
| pulpit | raised platform used in preaching (in a church) |
| circumvent | outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around |
| surfeit | satiate; feed or supply to excess; stuff; indulge to excess in anything; N: surfeiting; excessive amount; Ex. surfeit of food |
