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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| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
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| ebullient | boiling |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |