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 |
|---|---|
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |