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 |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |