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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| acetic | vinegary |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |