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 |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| forebears | ancestor |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |