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 |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| finished | entirely done |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
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| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |