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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| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| cue | the letter q |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |