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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |