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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| benison | blessing |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |