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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| Word | Meaning |
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| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| fulcrum | prop |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |