GRE Word List
MANDATE
an authoritative command
The meaning of the word mandate is an authoritative command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| franchise | the right or license granted to an individual or group to market a company's goods or services in a particular territory |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |