GRE Word List
CIVIL
of or relating to citizens
The meaning of the word civil is of or relating to citizens.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |