GRE Word List

REQUISITION

the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action

The meaning of the word requisition is the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action.

Random words

WordMeaning
obviateto anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
sanguinarybloodthirsty
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
vapidlacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat