GRE Word List
ORDINANCE
an authoritative decree or direction : order
The meaning of the word ordinance is an authoritative decree or direction : order.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |