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 |
|---|---|
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |