GRE Word List
IMPIETY
the quality or state of being impious : irreverence
The meaning of the word impiety is the quality or state of being impious : irreverence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |