GRE Word List

MILITANT

engaged in warfare or combat : fighting

The meaning of the word militant is engaged in warfare or combat : fighting.

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laitythe people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
charlatanquack
crescendoa gradual increase
impertinentgiven to or characterized by insolent rudeness
antecedeprecede
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
sticklerone who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
lachrymosegiven to tears or weeping : tearful