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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| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| obscure | dark |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |