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 |
|---|---|
| exhume | disinter |
| concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| noisome | noxious |