GRE Word List

CAPTION

the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed

The meaning of the word caption is the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed.

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harryto make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
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plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
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phalanxa body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
hybridan offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera
combustiblecapable of combustion