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 |
|---|---|
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |