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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| engender | beget |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |