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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| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
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| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
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| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
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