GRE Word List
POLITY
political organization
The meaning of the word polity is political organization.
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| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
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| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| brochure | pamphlet |
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| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
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