GRE Word List
ORDAIN
to invest (see invest
The meaning of the word ordain is to invest (see invest.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |