GRE Word List
CITADEL
a fortress that commands (see command
The meaning of the word citadel is a fortress that commands (see command.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| etymology | the 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 |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |