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 |
|---|---|
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |