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 |
|---|---|
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| imprecation | curse |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
