GRE Word List
EXORBITANT
not coming within the scope of the law
The meaning of the word exorbitant is not coming within the scope of the law.
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archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |