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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refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
atoneto make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome
precariousdependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
deploreto feel or express grief for
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
halcyoncharacterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
nonentitysomething that does not exist or exists only in the imagination