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 |
|---|---|
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| hirsute | hairy |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |