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 |
|---|---|
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| hirsute | hairy |