GRE Word List
MAGISTRATE
official with power to administer the law
The meaning of the word magistrate is official with power to administer the law.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| motley | multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts) |
| improvise | compose on the spur of the moment |
| puissant | powerful; strong; potent; N. puissance: power |
| abominable | detestable; extremely unpleasant |
| isotope | varying from of an element |
| maudlin | effusively sentimental |
| concord | harmony; accord |
| recumbent | reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| wizened | shriveled; withered; Ex. wizened apple/old lady |
| quarry | dig into (to get stone); N: mine; รคผฎภๅ |
