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 |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| wastrel | vagabond |