GRE Word List

ORDAIN

to invest (see invest

The meaning of the word ordain is to invest (see invest.

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caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
stem_fromarise from; originate from
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ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
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berateto scold or condemn vehemently and at length