GRE Word List
HOMILY
a usually short sermon
The meaning of the word homily is a usually short sermon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| leave-taking | departure |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| document | proof |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |