GRE Word List
STATUTORY
of or relating to statutes
The meaning of the word statutory is of or relating to statutes.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beleaguer | besiege |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |