GRE Word List
MANDATE
an authoritative command
The meaning of the word mandate is an authoritative command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |