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 |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |