GRE Word List
ORDAIN
to invest (see invest
The meaning of the word ordain is to invest (see invest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
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| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |