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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healthfulbeneficial to health of body or mind
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dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
frivolousof little weight or importance
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soarto fly aloft or about