GRE Word List

LEGISLATURE

a body of persons having the power to legislate

The meaning of the word legislature is a body of persons having the power to legislate.

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ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
consistencyagreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence
agitateto excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb
tacitexpressed or carried on without words or speech
ingrainedforming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated
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sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly
paranoiamental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
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