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 |
|---|---|
| appease | pacify |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| demerit | offense |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |