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 |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| rightful | just |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| wake | to be or remain awake |