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 |
|---|---|
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |