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 |
|---|---|
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| monochromatic | having or consisting of one color or hue |
| ramification | branch |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |