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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| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| clip | encompass |
| implode | to burst inward |
| culmination | the action of culminating |