GRE Word List
MANDATE
an authoritative command
The meaning of the word mandate is an authoritative command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |