GRE Word List
SUBPOENA
a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
The meaning of the word subpoena is a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| duration | continuance in time |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| ensconce | shelter |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| malediction | curse |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| paramour | lover |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |