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 |
|---|---|
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| 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 |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |