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 |
|---|---|
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| coalesce | to grow together |
