GRE Word List
DEPOSITION
a testifying especially before a court
The meaning of the word deposition is a testifying especially before a court.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |