GRE Word List
AGNOSTIC
a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
The meaning of the word agnostic is a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
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| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
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