GRE Word List

POLITY

political organization

The meaning of the word polity is political organization.

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jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
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supplicantone who supplicates
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