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
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import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
significant | having meaning |
gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |