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.
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| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
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