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 |
|---|---|
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |