GRE Word List

VETO

an authoritative prohibition : interdiction

The meaning of the word veto is an authoritative prohibition : interdiction.

Random words

WordMeaning
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
frustrateto balk or defeat in an endeavor
abideto bear patiently : tolerate
astronomicalof or relating to astronomy
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
sluicean artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow