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 |
|---|---|
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| demerit | offense |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| ignite | to set afire |
| paramour | lover |