GRE Word List

HOMILY

a usually short sermon

The meaning of the word homily is a usually short sermon.

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massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
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exhumedisinter
demisedeath
bristlea short stiff coarse hair or filament
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
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