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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turncoatone who switches to an opposing side or party
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incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
clandestinemarked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious
counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
tomebook
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