GRE Word List
EXECUTIVE
person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing
The meaning of the word executive is person having administrative authority; one branch of government executing laws; ADJ: relating to executing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expenditure | payment or expense; expending; something expended; output; Ex. receipt for the expenditure; Ex. expenditure of all the energy |
| remit | transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment |
| arcade | a covered passageway usually lined with shops |
| counterpart | thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system |
| quirk | sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate |
| untenable | (of a position, esp. in an argument) indefensible; not able to be maintained |
| assiduous | diligent |
| prerogative | privilege; unquestionable right; CF. ask before |
| spatula | broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing |
| wage | begin and continue (a war) |