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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insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
impuissance | weakness |
barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |