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 |
|---|---|
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| 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 |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| spruce | to make spruce |