GRE Word List
MILITIA
a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency
The meaning of the word militia is a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency.
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embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
fake | not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit |
pallid | deficient in color : wan |
turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
conceit | favorable opinion |