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 |
|---|---|
| politic | political |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| docile | easily taught |