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 |
|---|---|
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |