GRE Word List

CAPACITY

legal competency (see competence

The meaning of the word capacity is legal competency (see competence.

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vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
igneousformed by solidification of magma
prestigestanding or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion
debunkto expose the sham (see sham
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
censora person who supervises conduct and morals: such as
virusany of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants
blandishmentsomething that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
belaborto attack verbally
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease