GRE Word List
MANDATE
order; charge; authoritative command; power to govern another country; power to given to a government; region under administration; V: give a mandate to; place under a mandate; Ex. mandated territory
The meaning of the word mandate is order; charge; authoritative command; power to govern another country; power to given to a government; region under administration; V: give a mandate to; place under a mandate; Ex. mandated territory.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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outwit | outsmart; defeat by behaving more cleverly |
trifling | trivial; unimportant |
decorum | propriety; orderliness and good taste in manners; appropriateness of behavior or conduct |
bleak | cold or cheerless; frigid; unlikely to be favorable; depressing |
putrescent | becoming putrid; putrefying |
flotsam | drifting wreckage |
wont | (the stated person's) habit or custom; habitual procedure; ADJ. wonted: customary |
infirmity | weakness |
sleek | smooth and shining (as from good health); V. |
vehement | forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor; strong; N. vehemence |