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 |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| invalid | not valid: |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |