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 |
|---|---|
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| sidetrack | siding |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |