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 |
|---|---|
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |