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 |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| tawny | of the color tawny |