GRE Word List
COMMANDEER
to compel to perform military service
The meaning of the word commandeer is to compel to perform military service.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| hortatory | hortative |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |