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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| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
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| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
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| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
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