GRE Word List
JURISPRUDENCE
the science or philosophy of law
The meaning of the word jurisprudence is the science or philosophy of law.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |