GRE Word List

CASUALTY

a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action

The meaning of the word casualty is a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action.

Random words

WordMeaning
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
miragean optical (see optical
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
conteststrive
hazardousinvolving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
granulateto form or crystallize into grains or granules
disclaimto make a disclaimer
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement