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 |
|---|---|
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |