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.

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effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
trickleto issue or fall in drops
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reciprocateto give and take mutually
brinkedge
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affrontto insult especially to the face by behavior or language