GRE Word List
HOMILY
a usually short sermon
The meaning of the word homily is a usually short sermon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| circlet | a little circle |