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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| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
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| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| fester | to generate pus |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |