GRE Word List
FIAT
an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
The meaning of the word fiat is an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| dull | tedious |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |