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 |
|---|---|
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| deify | to make a god of |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| exude | to ooze out |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |