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 |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |