GRE Word List
MANDATE
an authoritative command
The meaning of the word mandate is an authoritative command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| exploit | deed |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| maritime | of, relating to, or bordering on the sea |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |