GRE Word List
DEVOUT
pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope
The meaning of the word devout is pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
assent | agree; accept; N. assessment |
seminary | school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women |
filing | particle removed by a file |
misadventure | mischance; ill luck; Ex. death by misadventure |
noose | loop formed in a rope |
meretricious | flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface but of no real value; Ex. metericious argument/jewel; CF. prostitute |
scad | a great quantity; Ex. scads of clothes |
torso | trunk of statue with head and limbs missing; human trunk |
prodigious | enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory |
bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |