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
| Word | Meaning |
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| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |