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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| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
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| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |