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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |