GRE Word List

JURISDICTION

the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law

The meaning of the word jurisdiction is the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law.

Random words

WordMeaning
hegemonypreponderant influence or authority over others : domination
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
obstreperousmarked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous
factitiousproduced by humans rather than by natural forces
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
institutionalizeto make into an institution : give character of an institution to
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt