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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |