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 |
|---|---|
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |