GRE Word List
CIVIL
of or relating to citizens
The meaning of the word civil is of or relating to citizens.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |