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 |
|---|---|
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| aria | air |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |