GRE Word List

HOMILY

a usually short sermon

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

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dissidentdisagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief
grillto broil on a grill
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
temerityunreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness
perceptiveresponsive to sensory stimuli : discerning
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
diffusebeing at once verbose and ill-organized
broochan ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck
intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent