GRE Word List
HOMILY
a usually short sermon
The meaning of the word homily is a usually short sermon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| convention | agreement |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| sow | an adult female swine |