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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| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| billowing | wave |