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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| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |