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 |
|---|---|
| stilted | pompous |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| implode | to burst inward |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |