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 |
|---|---|
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |