GRE Word List
ORDINANCE
an authoritative decree or direction : order
The meaning of the word ordinance is an authoritative decree or direction : order.
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|---|---|
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
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| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| concur | to express agreement |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
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| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |