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 |
|---|---|
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| nurture | training |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
