GRE Word List

ENACT

to establish by legal and authoritative act

The meaning of the word enact is to establish by legal and authoritative act.

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WordMeaning
teetotalismthe principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks
remonstrateto present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
compileto compose out of materials from other documents
hacklesone of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
harpinga plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him