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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| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| duration | continuance in time |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| demented | mad |