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 |
|---|---|
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |