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 |
|---|---|
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |