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 |
|---|---|
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| dire | exciting horror |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |