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 |
|---|---|
| douse | to plunge into water |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
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| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |