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
sustainto give support or relief to
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
suppliantsupplicant
sowan adult female swine
ferreta domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat
anachronisman error in chronology
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation