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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| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| headlong | headfirst |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
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| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
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| imbibe | drink |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |