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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| hortatory | hortative |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |