GRE Word List
COMMUNAL
of or relating to one or more communes
The meaning of the word communal is of or relating to one or more communes.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| natal | native |