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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |