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 |
|---|---|
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| swill | wash |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| kismet | fate |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |