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 |
|---|---|
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |