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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poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
procrastinateto put off intentionally and habitually
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
caucusa closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
groovea long narrow channel or depression