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 |
|---|---|
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| amend | to put right |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |