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 |
|---|---|
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| remnant | a usually small part, member, or trace remaining |
| declivity | downward inclination |