GRE Word List
ORDAIN
to invest (see invest
The meaning of the word ordain is to invest (see invest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| blackball | to vote against |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |