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
shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
sinuousof a serpentine or wavy form : winding
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
transpireto take place : go on
discloseto make known or public
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
purgeto clear of guilt