GRE Word List
ORDAIN
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination
The meaning of the word ordain is decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predilection | preference; partiality |
| scrimmage | disorderly fight between two or more people |
| wax | increase gradually (as the moon); grow |
| appreciate | be thankful for; increase in worth; be thoroughly conscious of; ADJ. appreciable: enough to be felt; Ex. appreciable difference |
| aristocracy | hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat |
| desecrate | profane; violate the sanctity of |
| pauper | very poor person |
| hedonist | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure |
| rendition | rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc |
| conciliatory | reconciling; soothing; V. conciliate: reconcile; soothe; win the friendly feelings (by removing anger) |
