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 |
|---|---|
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| concordat | compact |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |