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 |
|---|---|
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |