GRE Word List
JURISPRUDENCE
the science or philosophy of law
The meaning of the word jurisprudence is the science or philosophy of law.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |