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 |
|---|---|
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |