GRE Word List
ORDINATION
the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
The meaning of the word ordination is the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained.
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| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |