GRE Word List
MANDATE
an authoritative command
The meaning of the word mandate is an authoritative command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| pundit | pandit |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |