GRE Word List
IDOLATRY
the worship of a physical object as a god
The meaning of the word idolatry is the worship of a physical object as a god.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| heed | to pay attention |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| kismet | fate |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |