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 |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| spate | freshet |
| calculated | apt |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |