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 |
|---|---|
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |