GRE Word List

STATUTE

a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government

The meaning of the word statute is a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government.

Random words

WordMeaning
irremediablenot remediable
pastrya dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste
lunaticaffected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane
resonantcontinuing to sound : echoing
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
vendorone that vends : seller
veneera thin sheet of a material: such as
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
licensepermission to act