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 |
|---|---|
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| trappings | outward signs |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |