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 |
|---|---|
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |