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 |
|---|---|
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |