GRE Word List
REFERENDUM
the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
The meaning of the word referendum is the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
