GRE Word List
STATUTORY
of or relating to statutes
The meaning of the word statutory is of or relating to statutes.
Random words
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tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
haunt | to visit often : frequent |
mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
equilibrium | a state of intellectual or emotional balance : poise |
conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |