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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WordMeaning
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant
litheeasily bent or flexed
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
garbledmade unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up
transientpassing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
satyra sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry
covertnot openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
dynamogenerator