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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| charlatan | quack |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |