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 |
|---|---|
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |