GRE Word List
PROMULGATE
to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
The meaning of the word promulgate is to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| slapdash | haphazard |