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 |
|---|---|
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| pliant | pliable |