GRE Word List
ORDAIN
to invest (see invest
The meaning of the word ordain is to invest (see invest.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |