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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sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
hierarchya division of angels
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
affidavita sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
vaingloriousmarked by vainglory : boastful
porridgea soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick
fictitiousof, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary
mettlevigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament