GRE Word List
MAGISTRATE
an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as
The meaning of the word magistrate is an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |