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 |
|---|---|
| desperate | having lost hope |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |