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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mischief | a specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| sybarite | voluptuary |