GRE Word List
FIAT
an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
The meaning of the word fiat is an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| mulct | fine |
| slake | subside |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| occident | west |