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
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enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
legend | a story coming down from the past |
threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
limp | to walk lamely |
corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |