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.

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decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
coercionthe act, process, or power of coercing
reverendworthy of reverence : revered
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
benignof a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
repineto feel or express dejection or discontent : complain
attestto affirm to be true or genuine
impassea predicament affording no obvious escape
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
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