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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| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| throes | pang |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| foppish | foolish |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |