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 |
|---|---|
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| defer | put off |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |