GRE Word List
STATUTORY
of or relating to statutes
The meaning of the word statutory is of or relating to statutes.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hortatory | hortative |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |