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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |