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
museto become absorbed in thought
direexciting horror
surmountto prevail over : overcome
impertinentgiven to or characterized by insolent rudeness
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
unctionthe act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
benignof a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
frictionthe rubbing of one body against another
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter