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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| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| attentive | mindful |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |