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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| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
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