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 |
|---|---|
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| random | a haphazard course |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
