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 |
|---|---|
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| exhume | disinter |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |