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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| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
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