GRE Word List
ABLUTION
the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
The meaning of the word ablution is the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
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| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| refrain | curb |
| primal | original |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| fete | festival |