GRE Word List
EDICT
decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command
The meaning of the word edict is decree (especially one issued by a sovereign); official command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dregs | sediment in a liquid; lees; worthless residue |
| trample | step heavily with the feet; crush under the feet |
| discursive | (of a person or writing) digressing; rambling (without any clear plan) |
| miscellaneous | made up of a variety of parts |
| dingy | (of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy street/curtain |
| stifle | suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate |
| inclement | stormy; unkind; unmerciful; CF. clement |
| perpetrate | commit an offense; do (something wrong) |
| extrapolation | projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information |
| rabies | disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death) |
