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 |
|---|---|
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |