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 |
|---|---|
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
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| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |