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 |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| crass | gross |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| freebooter | pirate |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |