GRE Word List
CIVIL
of or relating to citizens
The meaning of the word civil is of or relating to citizens.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| courier | messenger |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |