GRE Word List
HOMILY
a usually short sermon
The meaning of the word homily is a usually short sermon.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |