GRE Word List
LAITY
the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
The meaning of the word laity is the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |