GRE Word List
PLEBISCITE
a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
The meaning of the word plebiscite is a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| malediction | curse |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |