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 |
|---|---|
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| slake | subside |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| cipher | zero |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| prong | fork |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |