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
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as
corollarya proposition (see proposition
puissanthaving puissance : powerful
retrenchcut down
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
dieto pass from physical life : expire
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
quarantinea period of 40 days