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 |
|---|---|
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |