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 |
|---|---|
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| fester | to generate pus |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| spate | freshet |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |