GRE Word List

DICTUM

a noteworthy statement: such as

The meaning of the word dictum is a noteworthy statement: such as.

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WordMeaning
methodicalarranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order
depredationto lay waste : plunder
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
perfunctorycharacterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical
museto become absorbed in thought
noveltysomething new or unusual
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
hinterlandsa region lying inland from a coast