GRE Word List

ORDAIN

to invest (see invest

The meaning of the word ordain is to invest (see invest.

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desecrateto violate the sanctity of : profane
modishfashionable
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
brackishsomewhat salty
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes
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lushgrowing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage
unexceptionablenot open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable