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 |
|---|---|
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| provenance | origin |