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 |
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| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
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| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |