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 |
|---|---|
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |