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

WordMeaning
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
drivelnonsense
pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
canvassto go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments
succorrelief
chisela metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
notableworthy of note : remarkable
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect