GRE Word List

POLITY

political organization

The meaning of the word polity is political organization.

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WordMeaning
contrivancea thing contrived
audita formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation
ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
apprehendarrest
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
derisionthe use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
choiran organized company of singers (as in a church service)
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as
proselytizeto induce someone to convert to one's faith