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 |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| query | question |