GRE Word List
INTERDICT
a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
The meaning of the word interdict is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| endue | provide |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| quisling | traitor |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |