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 |
|---|---|
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| spare | not being used |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| eventual | contingent |