GRE Word List
HOMILY
a usually short sermon
The meaning of the word homily is a usually short sermon.
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| tout | to make much of : promote |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |