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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| drivel | nonsense |
| brook | creek |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |