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.

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WordMeaning
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
rebuttalthe act of rebutting especially in a legal suit
incognitowith one's identity concealed
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime
celibateof, relating to, or characterized by celibacy:
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
banea source of harm or ruin : curse
abortiveprematurely born
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness