GRE Word List

CIVIL

of or relating to citizens

The meaning of the word civil is of or relating to citizens.

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disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
volatilecharacterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change
voracioushaving a huge appetite : ravenous
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
incandescentwhite, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog