GRE Word List
HOMILY
a usually short sermon
The meaning of the word homily is a usually short sermon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |