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 |
|---|---|
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| vixen | a female fox |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| headlong | headfirst |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |