GRE Word List
MANDATE
an authoritative command
The meaning of the word mandate is an authoritative command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
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| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |