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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |