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 |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| plane | airplane |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |