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 |
|---|---|
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
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| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |