GRE Word List
POLITY
political organization
The meaning of the word polity is political organization.
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| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
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| aseptic | preventing infection |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
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