GRE Word List

CIVIL

of or relating to citizens

The meaning of the word civil is of or relating to citizens.

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WordMeaning
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
luxuriantyielding abundantly : fertile
unintimidatingnot causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
toutto make much of : promote
blunderto move unsteadily or confusedly
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
mentora friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus