New Revised GRE Vocabulary - Words Related to Military
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Oct 25, 2024
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Aggression - An unprovoked attack by an enemy
Sortie -
Verb: Come out from a defensive position to make an attack.
Noun: An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defense.
Belligerents - Nations carrying on warfare
Conscription - Compulsory enrollment as soldiers and sailors
Casualties - The killed or wounded in battle
Convoy - A number of ships traveling together under escort for the sake of safety
Contraband - Smuggling of goods and engaging in prohibited traffic
Espionage - the act or the practice of spying
Evacuate - To remove from one place to another to avoid the destruction of war
Embargo - An order prohibiting the ships to leave the ports
Mobilize - to make troops and ships for war services
Vanguard - troops sent in advance, forefront of an army
Invade - To enter another country as an enemy
Neutral - Taking neither side in a struggle
Alien - An illegal foreigner in a country
Intern - To keep citizens in confinement
Ammunition - Shells, bombs and other destructive items
Ordnance - Heavy guns and army store-items
Bayonet - A knife fixed on to the end of a gun
Parole - A promise given by the prisoner if given a temporary release
Puttees - Long cloths bound round the legs of soldiers from ankle to knee
Reveille - Music for awakening the soldiers in the morning
Arsenal - A place where naval or military weapons are made or stored
Parachute - An apparatus which opens like an umbrella to enable a person to drop safely from an aircraft
Volley - A shower of bullets
Salvo - The firing of many guns at the same time to mark an occasion
Cavalry - Horse-soldiers
Infantry - Foot-soldiers
Fusillade - A number of fire arms discharged continuously
Reconnoiter - To make an examination of enemy territory
Armistice - An agreement to stop fighting
Capitulate - To surrender to an enemy on agreed terms
Annihilate - To reduce to nothing
Amnesty - A general pardon of offenders
Battalion - the main division of an army
Besiege - To surround a place with the intention of capturing it
Recruit - A soldier recently enlisted for services
Furlough - A soldier’s holiday
Sortie -
Verb: Come out from a defensive position to make an attack.
Noun: An attack made by troops coming out from a position of defense.
Belligerents - Nations carrying on warfare
Conscription - Compulsory enrollment as soldiers and sailors
Casualties - The killed or wounded in battle
Convoy - A number of ships traveling together under escort for the sake of safety
Contraband - Smuggling of goods and engaging in prohibited traffic
Espionage - the act or the practice of spying
Evacuate - To remove from one place to another to avoid the destruction of war
Embargo - An order prohibiting the ships to leave the ports
Mobilize - to make troops and ships for war services
Vanguard - troops sent in advance, forefront of an army
Invade - To enter another country as an enemy
Neutral - Taking neither side in a struggle
Alien - An illegal foreigner in a country
Intern - To keep citizens in confinement
Ammunition - Shells, bombs and other destructive items
Ordnance - Heavy guns and army store-items
Bayonet - A knife fixed on to the end of a gun
Parole - A promise given by the prisoner if given a temporary release
Puttees - Long cloths bound round the legs of soldiers from ankle to knee
Reveille - Music for awakening the soldiers in the morning
Arsenal - A place where naval or military weapons are made or stored
Parachute - An apparatus which opens like an umbrella to enable a person to drop safely from an aircraft
Volley - A shower of bullets
Salvo - The firing of many guns at the same time to mark an occasion
Cavalry - Horse-soldiers
Infantry - Foot-soldiers
Fusillade - A number of fire arms discharged continuously
Reconnoiter - To make an examination of enemy territory
Armistice - An agreement to stop fighting
Capitulate - To surrender to an enemy on agreed terms
Annihilate - To reduce to nothing
Amnesty - A general pardon of offenders
Battalion - the main division of an army
Besiege - To surround a place with the intention of capturing it
Recruit - A soldier recently enlisted for services
Furlough - A soldier’s holiday