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 |
|---|---|
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
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| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |