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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WordMeaning
lunarcrescent
smudgeto make a smudge on
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
destitutelacking something needed or desirable
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
imposturethe act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
standstilla state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop