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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WordMeaning
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
effusionan act of effusing
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
endemicbelonging or native to a particular people or country
inclinedhaving inclination, disposition, or tendency
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
dowdynot neat or becoming in appearance : shabby
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
impenetrableincapable of being penetrated or pierced