GRE Word List
IRREVERENCE
lack of reverence
The meaning of the word irreverence is lack of reverence.
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|---|---|
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
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| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
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| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |