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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|---|---|
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| mulct | fine |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| contrive | devise |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |