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 |
|---|---|
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |