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 |
|---|---|
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |