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
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| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |