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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| scourge | whip |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |