GRE Word List

POLITY

political organization

The meaning of the word polity is political organization.

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WordMeaning
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
lapa loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment
servitudea condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life
succorrelief
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
unconscionableshockingly unfair or unjust
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
douseto plunge into water
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart