GRE Word List
EDICT
a proclamation having the force of law
The meaning of the word edict is a proclamation having the force of law.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minuscule | very small |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |