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 |
|---|---|
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| drab | slattern |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |