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 |
|---|---|
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |