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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WordMeaning
urgentcalling for immediate attention : pressing
urchinhedgehog
unwontedbeing out of the ordinary : rare
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
culminationthe action of culminating
staccatocut short or apart in performing : disconnected
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
levitateto rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)
controvertto dispute or oppose by reasoning