GRE Word List
ORDAIN
to invest (see invest
The meaning of the word ordain is to invest (see invest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |