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 |
|---|---|
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| aria | air |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| appease | pacify |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |