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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| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| quizzical | comically quaint |