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 |
|---|---|
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| regiment | a military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| colloquy | conversation |
| cue | the letter q |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |