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 |
|---|---|
| brook | creek |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| nourishment | food |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |