GRE Word List
DEPOSITION
a testifying especially before a court
The meaning of the word deposition is a testifying especially before a court.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |