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 |
|---|---|
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| dingy | dirty |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| whittle | a large knife |