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 |
|---|---|
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| indignation | anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |