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 |
|---|---|
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| nourish | nurture |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |