GRE Word List
CONSTITUTION
the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it
The meaning of the word constitution is the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| distend | extend |