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 |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |