GRE Word List
SOVEREIGNTY
supreme power especially over a body politic
The meaning of the word sovereignty is supreme power especially over a body politic.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |