GRE Word List
MANDATE
an authoritative command
The meaning of the word mandate is an authoritative command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |