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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suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
dissonance | lack of agreement |
facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
parched | deprived of natural moisture |
incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
refrain | curb |
ravenous | rapacious |
impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |