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.

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WordMeaning
fazeto disturb the composure of : disconcert
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
pana usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking)
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
retrenchcut down