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.
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virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
determinate | having defined limits |
attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |