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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WordMeaning
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
responsivenessgiving response : constituting a response : answering
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
argotthe language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
yoretime past and especially long past
acuitykeenness of perception
touchymarked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation
remittancea sum of money remitted
anarchyabsence of government