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 |
|---|---|
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |