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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| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
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| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
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