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 |
|---|---|
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |