GRE Word List

CITADEL

a fortress that commands (see command

The meaning of the word citadel is a fortress that commands (see command.

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intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
callowlacking adult sophistication : immature
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
beneficentdoing or producing good
reprisala retaliatory act
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
dissectionthe act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected
adjutanta staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence
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