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 |
|---|---|
| healthful | beneficial to health of body or mind |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |