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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| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |