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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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |