GRE Word List
MANDATE
an authoritative command
The meaning of the word mandate is an authoritative command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |