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 |
|---|---|
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| engender | beget |