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 |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| approbation | commendation |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| omnipotent | almighty |