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 |
|---|---|
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| desperate | having lost hope |