GRE Word List

BENEDICTION

the invocation (see invocation

The meaning of the word benediction is the invocation (see invocation.

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sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
monasticof or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns
caricatureexaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics
recuperateto get back : regain
debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
quaya structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
yokela naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town