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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| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |