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 |
|---|---|
| nomenclature | name |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| throes | pang |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |