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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WordMeaning
gradationa series forming successive stages
quivera case for carrying or holding arrows
collationa light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
solicitto make petition to : entreat
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
variegatedhaving discrete markings of different colors
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
fallaciousembodying a fallacy