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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| malediction | curse |
| condign | deserved |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |