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 |
|---|---|
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| drivel | nonsense |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |