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 |
|---|---|
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |