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 |
|---|---|
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| scourge | whip |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |