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 |
|---|---|
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| warrant | sanction |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |