GRE Word List
EXECUTE
to carry out fully : put completely into effect
The meaning of the word execute is to carry out fully : put completely into effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |