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 |
|---|---|
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| demerit | offense |
| errant | behaving wrongly |