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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| fruition | pleasurable use or possession : enjoyment |
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| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |