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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WordMeaning
vulnerablecapable of being physically or emotionally wounded
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
militantengaged in warfare or combat : fighting
inasmuch_assince; owing to the fact that
genealogyan account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms
sedentarynot migratory : settled
commonplacecommonly found or seen : ordinary
complicityassociation or participation in or as if in a wrongful act
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime