GRE Word List

HERESY

adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma

The meaning of the word heresy is adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma.

Word	Meaning
retrench	cut down
blanch	to take the color out of
parry	to ward off a weapon or blow
stumble	to fall into sin or waywardness
haggle	to cut roughly or clumsily : hack
commonwealth	a nation, state, or other political unit: such as
docket	a brief written summary of a document : abstract
conifer	any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
revert	to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
debunk	to expose the sham (see sham