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 |
|---|---|
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| actuary | clerk |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |