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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temperheat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion
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calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
plumea feather of a bird: such as
pathetichaving a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
whitthe smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
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germinateto cause to sprout or develop