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 |
|---|---|
| quarry | game |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |