GRE Word List

ADVENT

the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting

The meaning of the word advent is the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting.

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WordMeaning
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means
shacklesomething (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms
deprecateto express disapproval of
evoketo call forth or up: such as
buxomvigorously or healthily plump
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
penurya cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money)
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
pendulouspoised without visible support