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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| clime | climate |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |