GRE Word List
HOMILY
a usually short sermon
The meaning of the word homily is a usually short sermon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| random | a haphazard course |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| minuscule | very small |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |