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
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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |