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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| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| invalid | not valid: |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |