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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| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |