GRE Word List
COMMANDEER
to compel to perform military service
The meaning of the word commandeer is to compel to perform military service.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |