GRE Word List
DEVOUT
committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
The meaning of the word devout is committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stilted | pompous |
| gazette | newspaper |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |