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
lacklusterlacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
bargainan agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
direexciting horror
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
pejorativea word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation
galaxymilky way galaxy
provisionthe act or process of providing
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily