GRE Word List
EXTRADITION
the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
The meaning of the word extradition is the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |