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 |
|---|---|
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |