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 |
|---|---|
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| intermediary | mediator |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| marrow | bone marrow |