GRE Word List
CIVIL
of or relating to citizens
The meaning of the word civil is of or relating to citizens.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
| politic | political |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| finery | ornament |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |