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 |
|---|---|
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |