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).

Random words

WordMeaning
inductto put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install
pendantsomething suspended: such as
rubblebroken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
occidentwest
intriguethe practice of engaging in secret schemes
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of