GRE Word List
OBLIGATORY
binding in law or conscience
The meaning of the word obligatory is binding in law or conscience.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
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| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| passe | past one's prime |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
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| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |