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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| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
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| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
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