GRE Word List
JUDICIARY
a system of courts of law
The meaning of the word judiciary is a system of courts of law.
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| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |